7 Best Shakespeare Insults

William Shakespeare is considered by many to be the greatest English writer to ever have lived. He was, of course, a true master of words. But just as eloquently as he could express the noblest ideals, he could also deliver the cruelest insults. Here are some of the best jabs from the man who clearly knew the power of the poison pen.

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"You should be women and yet your beards forbid me to interpret that you are so."

Shakespeare employs this biting insult in "Macbeth" to establish the complete and utter repulsiveness of the three witches. Their "withered and wild" features cause Macbeth and Banquo to question if the sisters are even human beings.